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USHMM: Bibliography of Resources on Darfur

An excellent resource for teachers, students, and community members that want to know more about the genocide in Darfur. Provides a list of resources including books, investigative reports, films and videos, and lessons.

The Genocide in Darfur

Refugee camp across the border in Chad, March 2005.

Refugee camp across the border in Chad, March 2005.

Complicity

Government-backed militia group in support of Janjaweed perpetrators

Government-backed militia group in support of Janjaweed perpetrators

Denial

Sudanese Darfur survivor Ibrahim holds human skulls at the site of a mass grave on the outskirts of the West Darfur town of Mukjar, Sudan. Helps to refute the denial by Khartoum.

Sudanese Darfur survivor Ibrahim holds human skulls at the site of a mass grave on the outskirts of the West Darfur town of Mukjar, Sudan. Helps to refute the denial by Khartoum.

Human Rights

The situation in Sudan.(2005)..the largest country in Africa...only a minority of more than 2.5 million Internally Displaced Persons.

The situation in Sudan.(2005)..the largest country in Africa...only a minority of more than 2.5 million Internally Displaced Persons.

International Response

Internally Displaced Persons camp where foreign aid organizations attempt to distribute resources

Internally Displaced Persons camp where foreign aid organizations attempt to distribute resources

Propaganda

From the Darfur Report created by Sean Woo, general counsel to Sen. Brownback, or John Scandling, chief of staff to Rep. Wolf. The report collected evidence of crimes denied by the government in Khartoum.

From the Darfur Report created by Sean Woo, general counsel to Sen. Brownback, or John Scandling, chief of staff to Rep. Wolf. The report collected evidence of crimes denied by the government in Khartoum.

Remembrance

Children recall their experiences with crayons and pencils while their parents were interviewed by aid workers.

Children recall their experiences with crayons and pencils while their parents were interviewed by aid workers.

Resistance

Two boys attend a makeshift school while in a refugee camp in Chad.

Two boys attend a makeshift school while in a refugee camp in Chad.

Survival

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Catholicos of all Armenians Garegin II at the Armenian Genocide monument in Yerevan for a torch lighting ceremony for the genocide victims in Darfur. The two men are standing on purple cloth, with Garegin on the left and Williams on the right.

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Catholicos of all Armenians Garegin II at the Armenian Genocide monument in Yerevan for a torch lighting ceremony for the genocide victims in Darfur. The two men are standing on purple cloth, with Garegin on the left and Williams on the right.

About this Resource:

Type(s) of Resources: 
  • Classroom Resources
  • Curriculum Guides
  • Educational Programs
  • Informational
  • Lesson Plans
  • Museums
  • Resource Books
  • Videos (Film)
  • Virtual Programs
  • Primary Source(s): 
  • Data
  • First Person Accounts
  • Government Documents
  • Maps
  • Interviews
  • Photographs
  • The Arts (Music, Art)
  • Video / Film
  • Grade Level(s): 
  • 6-12
  • Audience(s): 
  • Community Member
  • Teacher and Student
  • Discipline(s): 
  • Language Arts
  • Social Studies
  • The Arts